Daily Yellowstone journal., 1887-11-13
POST M0RTEM.
A Recapitulation of the Crime
for Which Parsons, Spies,
Engle and Fischer
Suffered Death on the Gallows,
and Fielden, Schwab and
Neebe will Moulder.
Lingg's Way of Cheating the
Gallows and the "Untamed
Tigers" Send Of.
THE TRAGEDY REVIEWED,
The End Friday.


The End Friday.
A more striking procession Of
civic events may never again be
witnessed than the one having
its latest outcome Friday. The sup.
posed sbsurdly theatrical demonstra-
tions with red banners and black
that took place in the streets of Chi
cago rot two winters ago, followed
soon afterwsrd by the picturesque yet
ominous Sunday gatherings of latter.
demalions, foreigners and demagogues
on the broad common al the lake front
are now recalled as the quick forerun-
ners of secret cellar drillings by hun.
dreds Of ignorant. fanaticsl rifemen
in the purlieus throughout the city.
Then came the cool, deliberate dyna-
mite experiments by carefully selected
masked representatives in the woods
skirting the suburbs. Later on, Sc
cluded in the quiet of down town back
rooms dark conclsves of wild-idead
but brainy, INSCRIPTIONS leaders
eagerly discussed as the long coveted
opportunity the just beginning de
velopment Of the workingmen's con-
certed movement for q uniform eight.
hour day. How the gigsntice, peace
ful strikes were turned into riots, how
the entire world was startled by the
blood.chill!ng bomb massacre In the
Haymarket, then the majestic state
trial, the amazing bravado Of the one
American defendant, the horribly gro
tesque marriage Of another one of the
prlsoners-every detail OF these strange
occurrences and the extraordinary
train succeeding now presents itself
again as if the whole had passed but
yesterday. The key note of it all IL
found in the platform OF the mysteri-
Gus !. A. A, International Arbeiter
(workingmen's) associstion-of which
organization August Spies and his
seven co-defendsnts were leading
members and upholders. In the inter.
national platform it is urged that "the
present system under which property
lie owned by individuals should be de.
stroyed, and that all capital W hich has
been produced by labor should be
transformed into common property
by force.p Eighty groups" of this
dangerous association existed in the
United States, chiefly at the great in
dustrisl centers, Chicago alone being
the ill-starred possessor Of seven. Only
a portion Of the members were armed,
yet the number Of this class in Chi
csgo exceeded 5000, every man OF
whom attended regular military drills,
had his own rifle and revolver, and
could obtain dynamite and bombs for
the asking. The unsrmed members OF
the groups were constantly in contact
with their armed brethren and in
hearty sympathy with their purposes
and their principles. II was this com.
pact, well.disciplined /. A. A. that
had for its organs three noted newspa.
pers-the Arbeiter Zeitung, the Alarm
and the Anarchist. Excepting hand
some, youthful Louis Lingg, who,
though taking conspicuous part, was
mere acting agent, each Of the eight
Haymarket defendants Was directly
connected with one Of these papers
Incredible as it may seem, the avowe,
purpose WAS to delege the city In
blood Of the property owning classes
tirst destroying the police and militia
who were derided % their specis
champions. Then came the meeting
at the Haymarket, when the wrough
up mob were urged by each Of tn
arch-anarcbists In turn TO "throttl
and kill the law" The disguised off
GERS In the crowd saw the necessity 70
prompt action, and word was passe,
TO their commander. Captain Bon lei,
following the plain directions OF tn
state law covering exactly such cases
gave orders 10 have the meeting die
persed. Seven companies of police
/
l75 men, led by himself and Captain
Ward, marched in nlatoons, extend
ing from curb to curb, the short dis
tance on Desplsines street from tn,
station to the speakers wagon. Al
the police approached, Fielden shout
ed to the crowd, Here come the BLOOD
hounds. You do your duty aud III
do mine.n Captain Ward, In a louC
voice, called out: "ln he name Of the
people OF the state Of Illinois l com
mand you to peaceably dlsperse.'